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Testimonials

Mike Miller, Organise Training Centre

Organising does two central things to rectify the problem of power imbalance. It builds a permanent base of people power so that dominant financial and institutional power can be challenged and held accountable to values of greater social, environmental and economic justice. And it transforms individuals and communities, making them mutually respectful co-creators of public life, rather than passive objects of decisions made by others.

2014-03-30T08:16:08+00:00

Organising does two central things to rectify the problem of power imbalance. It builds a permanent base of people power so that dominant financial and institutional power can be challenged and held accountable to values of greater social, environmental and economic justice. And it transforms individuals and communities, making them mutually respectful co-creators of public...

Building Powerful Community Organizations

Ninety percent of people join a group because a person asked them. A few join groups after reading a flyer or newspaper ad. Very few, but often highly motivated, people go looking for groups to join. Most people join because someone they know asks them. Face-to-face, eyeball-to-eyeball. This is an important finding. If you want people to join your group, you have to ask them, in person. This is what works. Person-to-person. One-on-one.

2014-05-19T17:54:45+00:00

Ninety percent of people join a group because a person asked them. A few join groups after reading a flyer or newspaper ad. Very few, but often highly motivated, people go looking for groups to join. Most people join because someone they know asks them. Face-to-face, eyeball-to-eyeball. This is an important finding. If you want people to join...

Miles Horton, Highlander Centre

We have found that a very effective way to help students to understand the present social order is to throw them into conflict situations where the real nature of our society is projected in all its ugliness.

2014-03-30T08:24:40+00:00

We have found that a very effective way to help students to understand the present social order is to throw them into conflict situations where the real nature of our society is projected in all its ugliness.

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